Chapter Thirteen

Clarissa

Dacre winked and walked out, suggesting that the discussion had ended but I knew it was far from true.

His words had indicated something but I had no idea what he had meant by that.

He opened the door and walked out of the room, leaving me with no other option but to follow him.

My palms were sweating again as everything he had said to begin to churn in my head, trying to make sense of it.

Were there really demons encroaching on our land? And what did they want from us?

I shuddered at the thought and slowly climbed down the stairs.

Dacre had disappeared from the large hall but I saw someone that made me sag in relief.

“Jake”

Jake was our beta's son and Uncle Charlie was more of a friend than an uncle to me. From a young age, I and Talia had begun to call him ‘uncle’ and though now we were grown-ups, the habit had stuck.

Jake had grown up with us and he was like my family. The moment my eyes spotted him, I ran down the stairs and almost jumped on him.

Jake was tall and lanky,